THE LAND BILL.
The Farmers Union are taking the public platform for the purpose of opposing the Land Bill. Speaking at Pahiatua Mr Cooper slid that the legislation of Mr Rolleston was the best ever introduced because it gave land on easy terms, and enabled settlers to acquire a freehold. Lease-in perpetuity was a bad tenure for a poor man, but Mr McNab’s 66 years’ lease was infinitely worse. Various other proposals ot the Land Biil were dealt with by Mr Cooper, and strongly opposed. Mr Mathieson detailed his experiences as a member of the Land Commission, contending that the concensus of feeLng in the country w.as in favour of the freehold. He twitted the Minister of Lands with changing his opinions on the Land ques'ion. A motoin was unanimously passed in favor of giving Ciown tenants the option of the freehold, and also thanking Messrs Cooper,and Matheson for their addresses.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3748, 7 February 1907, Page 3
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151THE LAND BILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3748, 7 February 1907, Page 3
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